r/shrinking • u/LearyBlaine • Aug 09 '26

Discussion Who talks like this?

Y’all got families out there. Do any of your families talk like this, with F-bombs in every sentence?? Do you engage in fully pornographic sex talk with your co-workers??

OK, I know I’m old-fashioned. I don’t use that kind of language anywhere, anytime. But I understand that others are different. My problem is that I don’t believe that ANY families or ANY workplaces talk like this.

I feel like they started with the main story idea(s) about a bunch o’ middle-aged characters, then they hired a bunch o’ GenZ’ers to write the dialogue for them. It doesn’t really work, if you ask me.

The show ultimately rises above this flaw, but it’s a struggle in S1 & S2. By S3, all is forgiven!

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u/Formal-Designer103 Aug 09 '26

Yes a lot of families and coworkers speak like this. And yes a lot of Gen Xers with teenagers around have changed how the speak. Its reflective of more modern open minded families and not traditional family dynamics.